Telephones - mobile cellular:
13.354 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: rapidly improving domestic and international
service, especially in wireless telephony
domestic: 90% of telephone network is automatic; liberalization in
2003 is transforming telecommunications; there has been 20% growth
in fixed lines with a penetration rate of 58% of households;
nation-wide wireless service is growing even faster with four major
providers and a penetration rate of 32%
international: country code - 40; satellite earth station - 10
(Intelsat 4); digital, international, direct-dial exchanges operate
in Bucharest (2005)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 40, FM 202, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios:
7.2 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
48 (plus 392 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
5.25 million (1997)
Internet country code:
.ro
Internet hosts:
57,470 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
38 (2000)
Internet users:
4.94 million (2005)